Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-26
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IA speakinE o. ths spiam seizsse a.
Tse0sls, the osAeE ssy. ard tbs arrest
Of vstetEan wko had been in the O.
Z. 4 n. e2ploy for ten ~ fifteen yesrs'
q cook 90 fhs n 1Tsa Pszsae. and several
other perso8s. for eompIiestS in tire
matter. an old stssub0atmsa 90 the
s5gpd said; There is a good deal Of
spiun su.1EalinR going ca, bui tie
great bnlk % the eontssbsud stuH goes
East over tie Canadian Pseiae. IL for
merry all came b. cay Of the sOora-
One Of she c1ssoms on segs tod me re-
ce1tiy that there sFs sSs OF three fac
torres RAINING a. fail blast 10 VietoFia,
turning out lAres aaaaiatiss Of oplam
for American eoDEamSsio0, but thas no
one ever thsuxht Of paying duty on see
stun. and II they d. think ~ u, they
dismiss the thSazht wsen they lad that
Uncle San dsmzEds ten dslisrs pr
poaud. OF more than the hrst ooss Of The
Vrepared article n YicsoFia-'
Reporter How j. this smuggling ear
ried onl
Captain-In many ways sheFs u 3
great deal Of pocket saluzgli1g doBf.
Many persons do n i realize that !: -
mush Of . sin o. . esims 20 sG4aggie.
Aea wso would not thi2k " going 10
the C1sIgu House aud taking ten dol
lars from the safe, becaGge thai wenid
Be stealing, ell sFaugele fee pounds
Of 0pium every time they get 8 chance,
and imagine they have c0as something |
smart, lever realizing that n the eyes 1
Of tse Law Is IL greater crime - snug |
gle than TO steal. Then there are those |
pegsens Wb0 visil Victoria and say 10 /
themselves, "kov, IS ] am going 20 |
Port Townsend or San kf4noiscO,
might a. we'll make my expenses, ! can /
get few p0ands Of opium here at 50 /
per p0and and pot II IN the bottom Of
my truuk, chest or valsse, and sell u In /
few days fer from SIS 30 so per
Eound." The great baIk Of smuggling,
however, Is carried IN b. an organized
band Of Emugglsrs which has In It's
ranks msn Of high respcctasility.
once kneg q man Wbo vas for years
porseF 10 q great steamship employ and
veil tbought OF, VITO resigned his posi-
lion 10 take she sapsFintendenoY Of
smuggling organization. For a time
he made success OF u, but tell you,
ihere IN ne honor gmong thieves, for
see hrst thing he knew, ore OF the
men eng Aged With him IN the bnsiness
bad formed an0fher organisation IN Be
attic 10 steal toe opium, on its arrival az
seattle, sBd snip u to san Francisco on
their ovn aceoant. TAis, OF course.
led 70 trouble, and that scheme got
pretty well ventilated st tse time.
tell 700, theFei is &C. Feely, II ever, q vessel
or steamer leaves Victoria for the
Sound or any other American port that
does not hsFe more or less contraband
or unsiamped Opium on bssEd, and
have known vssseis 70 leays theFe,
where every person on board, from
dishwasheF 20 parser, was Interested In
the business. IL Is not uncommon on
board for the boys - make up q purse,
20 deal ia the stsfi, and divide the pro-
fts. / Gnee bad parser With me, vhe,
when he left tie employ, Told me that
his pfohts from smuggling amounted TO
double bis salary. This, mind you,
covered period Of more than one year.
] know = good deal about this Snug
Cling business. aud II you will come
around some tiuae will give you some
Interesting stories faT publication.
Some OF them eones rs TsadsEs % your
paper who will psFase them With inter
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